OUTREACH PROJECT “ILUMINE”: CLOWNS IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT

Authors

  • Cely Carolyne Pontes Morcerf Unigranrio
  • Sandra Pereira Impagliazzo Unigranrio
  • Gabriella Corrêa de Almeida Unigranrio
  • Luciana Schneider Unigranrio
  • Rita Saldanha Dimitriou Unigranrio
  • Patrícia Mata Braga Unigranrio
  • Áthila de Almeida Siqueira Unigranrio
  • Christiny Almeida Guimarães Unigranrio

Keywords:

Clowns, Fun, Health, Children.

Abstract

Suffering during hospitalization periods includes experiencing pain due to diseases and, in particular due to the hospital routine. The environment that should express the harmonious work of amulti-professional team, dedicated to the well-being of patients, is cold and indifferent to the real needs of hospitalized patients. In addition to this, the relationship doctor-patient is distorted, distant and increasingly technical. The desire to humanize and transform hospitals into welcoming places triggered the development of the outreach project called “Ilumine” (Lighten Up, in a free translation). This project transfers the symbolic character of fun and humor of the clown to the hospital environment as the clown-doctor.

Author Biographies

  • Cely Carolyne Pontes Morcerf, Unigranrio
    Aluna do curso de Medicina da Universidade do Grande Rio Professor José de Souza Herdy (UNIGRANRIO), Brasil. 
  • Sandra Pereira Impagliazzo, Unigranrio
    Professora da Universidade do Grande Rio Professor José de Souza Herdy (UNIGRANRIO). Doutora em Saúde Coletiva pelo Instituto de Medicina Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brasil.
  • Gabriella Corrêa de Almeida, Unigranrio
    Aluna do curso de Medicina da Universidade do Grande Rio Professor José de Souza Herdy (UNIGRANRIO), Brasil. 
  • Luciana Schneider, Unigranrio
    Aluna do curso de Medicina da Universidade do Grande Rio Professor José de Souza Herdy (UNIGRANRIO), 
  • Rita Saldanha Dimitriou, Unigranrio
    Aluna do curso de Medicina da Universidade do Grande Rio Professor José de Souza Herdy (UNIGRANRIO), Brasil. 
  • Patrícia Mata Braga, Unigranrio
    Aluna do curso de Medicina da Universidade do Grande Rio Professor José de Souza Herdy (UNIGRANRIO), Brasil.
  • Áthila de Almeida Siqueira, Unigranrio
    Aluno do curso de Medicina da Universidade do Grande Rio Professor José de Souza Herdy (UNIGRANRIO), Brasil.
  • Christiny Almeida Guimarães, Unigranrio

    Aluna do curso de Medicina da Universidade do Grande Rio Professor José de Souza Herdy (UNIGRANRIO), Brasil.

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Published

2015-04-27

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2015): Janeiro-Abril de 2015

Section

ARTIGOS

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